List of works by Eero Saarinen

This is a list of houses, commercial buildings, educational facilities, furniture designs, and other structures designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen (1910–1961). Many of Saarinen's early designs were in collaboration with his father Eliel Saarinen.[1][2] Only after his father died in 1950 did Saarinen design buildings on his own in earnest.[1] During his career, he designed buildings for large corporations such as Bell Labs, IBM, CBS, and General Motors. In addition, he designed several airport terminals and university buildings,[3] along with numerous structures for the businessman J. Irwin Miller.[4] When Saarinen died suddenly in 1961, ten of his buildings were still under development.[5]

Buildings and structures

List of buildings and structures designed by Eero Saarinen
Name[6]CityState/CountryDesignedCompletedNotesImage
Hvitträsk Studio and HomeKirkkonummiFinland19291937Remodel
Swedish TheatreHelsinkiFinland19351936Remodel. With Eliel Saarinen
Fenton Community CenterFentonMichigan19371938With Eliel Saarinen
J. F. Spencer HouseHuntington WoodsMichigan19371938First building designed independently
J.K. Nikander Hall Hancock Michigan 1939 First building Saarinen designed within Michigan's Copper Country. Designed in conjunction with his father, Eliel Saarinen.
Charles and Ingrid Koebel HouseGrosse Pointe FarmsMichigan19371940With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson
Kleinhans Music HallBuffaloNew York19381940With Eliel Saarinen. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989
Crow Island SchoolWinnetkaIllinois19381942With Eliel Saarinen and Perkins&Will. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990
Berkshire Music Center buildingsLenoxMassachusetts19381959Tanglewood Shed in 1938 (with Eliel Saarinen and Joseph Franz), Chamber Music Shed in 1947 (with Eliel Saarinen), Edmund Haws Talbot Orchestra Canopy in 1959
Center Line Defense HousingCenter LineMichigan19411942With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson. 477 housing units
Albert and Muriel Wermuth HouseFort WayneIndiana19411942
Willow LodgeWillow RunMichigan19421943Demolished
Lincoln Heights HousingWashingtonDistrict of Columbia19441946With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson.
Hugh Taylor Birch Hall at Antioch CollegeYellow SpringsOhio19441947With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson.
Des Moines Art CenterDes MoinesIowa19441948With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004
Case Study House#9Pacific PalisadesCalifornia19451949With Charles Eames. Saarinen also provided an original plan for House#8, but Eames completely redesigned it. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013
Birmingham High SchoolBirminghamMichigan19451952With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson
Drake University plan and buildingsDes MoinesIowa19451957Harvey Ingham Hall of Science, Fitch Hall of Pharmacy, Women's Dormitory & Dining Hall (all in 1945 with Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson), Bible School & Prayer Chapel in 1952, Women's Dormitory #4 in 1957, Jewett Union addition in 1957
Christ Church LutheranMinneapolisMinnesota19471949With Eliel Saarinen; solo addition in 1962. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2009.
Eero Saarinen HouseBloomfield HillsMichigan19471959Renovation of a Victorian house
Gateway ArchSt. LouisMissouri19471965Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987
UAW–CIO CooperativeFlintMichigan19481948Renovation. Demolished.
General Motors Technical CenterWarrenMichigan19481956Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2014
Aspen Music CenterAspenColorado19491949With Eliel Saarinen. Demolished in 1963.
Brandeis University plan and buildingsWalthamMassachusetts19491952With Matthew Nowicki. Ridgewood Quadrangle Dormitories (1950), Hamilton Quadrangle Dormitory & Student Center (1952), Sherman Student Center (1952) (three remodeled, one demolished)
Loja Saarinen HouseBloomfield HillsMichigan19501950House for Saarinen's widowed mother
J. Irwin and Xenia Miller CottageDistrict of MuskokaOntario19501952The first of four buildings Saarinen designed for J. Irwin Miller.[4] Occupied by Miller and his wife Xenia, it had an organic design.[7]
Irwin Union Bank and TrustColumbusIndiana19501954The second of four buildings Saarinen designed for J. Irwin Miller.[4] Saarinen designed Irwin Union Bank and Trust's one-story bank and an adjacent three-story office wing.[8] The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2000.[9]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology buildingsCambridgeMassachusetts19501955MIT Chapel and Kresge Auditorium
University of Michigan School of MusicAnn ArborMichigan19511956
Milwaukee County War MemorialMilwaukeeWisconsin19521957Eero Saarinen architecture
Eero Saarinen & Associates BuildingBloomfield HillsMichigan19531953
Firestone Baars Chapel, Stephens CollegeColumbiaMissouri19531956
Miller HouseColumbusIndiana19531957The third of four buildings Saarinen designed for J. Irwin Miller.[4] Occupied by the family of Miller and his wife Xenia,[10] it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2000.[9]
Concordia Senior CollegeFort WayneIndiana19531958
Emma Hartman Noyes House at Vassar CollegePoughkeepsieNew York19541958
United States Chancellery BuildingOsloNorway19551959
United States Chancellery BuildingLondonEngland19551960
University of Chicago plan and buildingsChicagoIllinois19551960Women's Dormitory & Dining Hall (1958; demolished 2001), Law School (1960)
David S. Ingalls RinkNew HavenConnecticut19561958
IBM Manufacturing & Training FacilityRochesterMinnesota19561958
TWA TerminalNew York CityNew York19561962Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005
Hill College House (Hill Hall)PhiladelphiaPennsylvania19571960undergraduate dormitories at the University of Pennsylvania
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research CenterYorktown HeightsNew York19571961
Bell Telephone Corporate LaboratoriesHolmdelNew Jersey19571962
Deere & Co. Administrative CenterMolineIllinois19571963
Ezra Stiles & Morse CollegesNew HavenConnecticut19581962
Dulles International Airport Main TerminalChantillyVirginia19581963The original terminal of Dulles International Airport, it was Saarinen's only Virginia work.[11] The structure is built with a concave roof and mobile lounges that ferried passengers directly to planes.[12]
Vivian Beaumont Repertory Theater & Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Library & MuseumNew York CityNew York19581965A Broadway and off-Broadway theater complex housed in the same building as the New York Public Library's Performing Arts Library, designed by Gordon Bunshaft.[13] Saarinen designed the Broadway theater and one of the off-Broadway theaters.[14]
North Christian ChurchColumbusIndiana19591964The last of four buildings Saarinen designed for J. Irwin Miller.[4] The building has a hexagonal footprint and prominent spire.[15] It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2000.[9]
Hamden OfficeHamdenConnecticut19601961A renovation of Lucerne, a mansion designed in 1906 by Brown and Von Beren. It was adapted to serve as a headquarters for Saarinen & Associates, but the project was not completed until after Saarinen's death in 1961.[16]
Saarinen HouseNew HavenConnecticut19601961A renovation of a Tudor Revival house that Saarinen bought for himself after being hired by Yale University; the project was not completed until after Saarinen died.[17]
CBS BuildingNew York CityNew York19601965The only skyscraper designed by Saarinen, it was built as a CBS corporate headquarters.[18] It is a New York City designated landmark.[19]
Ellinikon Airport East TerminalAthensGreece19601969Saarinen designed the east terminal,[20] which was abandoned after 2001 and later converted into a park.[21]

Furniture and furnishings

List of furniture and furnishings designed by Eero Saarinen
Name[6]DesignedCompletedNotesImage
Cranbrook School for Boys furnishings, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan19251931With Eliel Saarinen
Saarinen House furnishings, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan19281930
Kingswood School for Girls furnishings, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan19291931
Pedestal Series19541957Furniture design for Knoll Associates. Includes the tulip chair
Grasshopper Chair19431946Chair design for Knoll Associates
Models 71 and 7319451950Chair design for Knoll Associates
Womb Chair & Ottoman19461948Chair design for Knoll Associates

References

  1. 1 2 Pelkonen & Albrecht 2006, p. 8.
  2. ↑ Merkel 2005, p. 35.
  3. ↑ Solomon, Nancy (May 27, 2008). Architecture INTL: Celebrating the Past, Designing the Future. Visual Reference Publications. ISBN 978-1-58471-162-9. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Pelkonen & Albrecht 2006, p. 57.
  5. ↑ Merkel 2005, p. 220.
  6. 1 2 Merkel 2005, pp. 247–249.
  7. ↑ Pelkonen & Albrecht 2006, pp. 59–60.
  8. ↑ Merkel 2005, p. 153.
  9. 1 2 3 Burnette, Andy (May 31, 2000). "City buildings on historic-landmarks list". The Republic. p. 12. Retrieved September 25, 2025 – via newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Lange, Alexandra (April 4, 2011). "Making the Modern House Home". The Design Observer Group. Retrieved July 5, 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  11. ↑ Young, Julie (October 24, 2008). "Modern look rounds out old style". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. D6. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  12. ↑ Jones, Alfred (June 10, 1962). "Dulles Airport—Where You 'Ferry' To Plane: Mobile Lounges To Carry Passengers From Terminal To Jets At New Airfield". The Baltimore Sun. p. FA1. ISSN 1930-8965. ProQuest 542421695.
  13. ↑ Hughes, Allen (October 21, 1965). "Library and Museum of the Arts At Lincoln Center Ready Soon". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  14. ↑ Merkel 2005, p. 178.
  15. ↑ McClure, Julie (May 11, 2018). "North Christian Church makes top 10 list of endangered Indiana Landmarks". Princeton Daily Clarion. p. A6. Retrieved October 6, 2025 – via newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ Bingham, Michael C. (July 17, 2019). "Hamden Hall gets its castle in the sky". Hartford Business Journal. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  17. ↑ Sisson, Patrick (May 6, 2016). "Inside Eero Saarinen's Renovated New Haven Tudor, One of His Last Projects". Curbed. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  18. ↑ "Granite Tower Designed by Saarinen". The Christian Science Monitor. March 30, 1962. p. 8. ProQuest 510308787.
  19. ↑ Barron, James (October 22, 1997). "3 Buildings Are Declared Landmarks". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 26, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  20. ↑ Russo, Carolyn (November 3, 2015). Art of the Airport Tower. Smithsonian Institution. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-58834-508-0. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  21. ↑ Lewis, Nell (November 25, 2022). "Athens' abandoned Ellinikon airport to be transformed into a 600-acre coastal park". CNN. Retrieved October 25, 2025.

Sources

  • Merkel, Jayne (2005). Eero Saarinen. Phaidon. ISBN 978-0-7148-6592-8. OCLC 57750853.
  • Pelkonen, Eeva-Liisa; Albrecht, Donald, eds. (2006). Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12237-4.
  • Román, Antonio (2003). Eero Saarinen: an Architecture of Multiplicity. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1-56898-340-9. OCLC 50644049.
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